FIFO is used in DRP to_____________

• A) Reduce cost
• B) Increase demand
• C) Prevent stock aging and spoilage
• D) Increase inventory

A warehouse has: Beginning inventory = 27 units Demand in Period 3 = 20 units Planned receipt in Period 3 = 20 units Demand in Period 4 = 20 units What is the projected available balance at the end of Period 4?

• A) 17 units
• B) 7 units
• C) 27 units
• D) 37 units

Planning files are important because they__________________

• A) Eliminate inventory
• B) Increase demand
• C) Reduce cost automatically
• D) Provide data for scheduling and control

Which of the following is a way to increase capacity?

• A) Ignore bottlenecks
• B) Reduce demand
• C) Overtime
• D) Decrease inventory

Project manufacturing is used for________________

• A) Mass production
• B) One-time or unique large projects
• C) Small batch production
• D) Continuous flow

Intermittent manufacturing involves________________

• A) Standard products only
• B) High variety and flexible processes
• C) Continuous flow
• D) Continuous flow

Routing file provides_____________

• A) Product price
• B) Step-by-step manufacturing instructions
• C) Inventory levels
• D) Step-by-step manufacturing instructions

Concept of gathering information from a number of field locations and aggregating it at the manufacturing facility refers to:

• A) MRP (Material Requirement Planning)
• B) DRP (Distribution Requirement Planning)
• C) Explosion
• D) Implosion

A work center has 48 available hours in a week. It receives: 12 jobs, each requiring 2.5 hours 8 jobs, each requiring 1.5 hours What is the work center utilization?

• A) 93.75%
• B) 87.5%
• C) 75%
• D) 100%

In a capacity-constrained work center, output is determined by______________

• A) Inventory
• B) Demand
• C) Supplier
• D) Processing rate

Finite loading is considered in which of the following ranges of capacity planning?

• A) Short range
• B) Medium range
• C) None of these ranges
• D) Long range

Which of these planning techniques requires the most computing resources?

• A) Capacity bills
• B) Resource profiles
• C) Capacity requirements using overall factors
• D) Capacity requirements planning

Given following data in Order Promising Record of Master Production Schedule (MPS), what would be the projected Available Balance at the end of Week 4?

Week
1 2 3 4 5
Forecast 10 10 10 30 30
Orders 10 7 4 0 6
Available Balance
ATP
MPS 0 40 0 40 0
On hand 20
Lot size = 40 units; Safety stock = 5, Lead Time = 0

• A) 30 units
• B) 40 units
• C) 10 units
• D) 5 units

In a material requirements planning (MRP) system, gross requirements are:

• A) Planned replenishment orders for the item at the beginning of each period
• B) Anticipated future usage or demand for the item during each period
• C) Existing replenishment orders for the item due at the beginning of each period
• D) Current and projected inventory status for the item at the end of the period

Which of the following capacity planning activities is considered long-range planning?

• A) Finite loading
• B) Capacity requirements planning
• C) Resource planning
• D) Input/output analysis

Critical resources needed to identify, by production manager, while doing rough-cut capacity planning include:

• A) Critical material
• B) Bottle Neck operations
• C) Labor
• D) All of the given options

The schedule is considered to be more satisfactory when:

• A) It includes the schedule to start a new batch
• B) The schedule doesn’t specify the plant about when to start production
• C) It doesn’t specify the plant about when to stop production
• D) Capacity is consistent with the production plan

Given following data in Order Promising Record of Master Production Schedule (MPS), what would be the projected Available Balance at the end of Week 5?

Week
1 2 3 4 5
Forecast 10 10 10 30 30
Orders 10 7 4 0 6
Available Balance
ATP
MPS 0 40 0 40 0
On hand 20
Lot size = 40 units; Safety stock = 5, Lead Time = 0

• A) 10 units
• B) 40 units
• C) 30 units
• D) 5 units

Given following data in Order Promising Record of Master Production Schedule (MPS), how many units would be Available to Promise (ATP) in Week 3?

Week
3 4 5 6 7
Forecast 20 50 50 50 40
Orders 30 20 0 15 10
Available 20 30 40 50 10
Balance
ATP
MPS 0 60 60 60 0
On hand 50
Lot size = 60 units; Safety stock = 10, Lead Time = 0

• A) 30 units
• B) 20 units
• C) 10 units
• D) 40 units

Given following data in Time-Phased Record of Master Production Schedule (MPS), what would be the projected Available Balance at the end of Week 2?

Week
1 2 3 4
Forecast 60 50 70 80
Available Balance
MPS
On hand 40
Lot Size = 100 units; Safety Stock = 20 units; Lead Time = 0

• A) 20 units
• B) 40 units
• C) 60 units
• D) 30 units